Road Test: Subaru Forester 2.5 XS Premium

The Subaru Forester 2.5XS Premium is more than just an SUV, it's a lifestyle vehicle.

The roads of Johannesburg are at best loathsome – if not for the Jacuzzi-size potholes and assortment of debris strewn across them, then for the idiots that drive them, the taxi drivers and the overloaded bakkies that somehow defy the laws of physics, teetering towers of furniture and other items piled metres high on the back.  But when the February torrential downpours hit, potholes go from puddles to ponds and then some, patches of dirt multiply into sand banks worthy of an appearance in oceans somewhere in the Caribbean, and although you know that somewhere beneath the swathing torrents of water rushing past lies a piece of dark grey tarmac, you’d be forgiven for thinking Joburg had been converted into a ramshackle Venice, fit only for boats.  It is in these times the sure-footedness of the Subaru Forester shines, with Subaru’s Symmetrical AWD system and the unflappable ability to conquer all.

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“Day 1 of Driving a Corsa OPC Nurburgring Edition:

My car arrived and I immediately had to race to Bryanston for the reveal of the Ferrari 458 Speciale. On my way there I encountered a regular Corsa OPC who slowed down on the highway, pulled in behind me to see my exhausts, came up next to me and flashed two thumbs up with a huge grin – you could say I felt like a boss!

I got to the Ferrari launch and was asked to move the luminous green OPC to the back parking, no one said so out loud, but I know they only asked me to do so because my OPC Nurburgring was more of an attraction than the 458 Speciale.

On my way home, a guy in a souped up Corsa OPC, a white one, took photos of me, he then chased me and tried to race me – he lost.”

 

-Roger

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